Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Gambling, especially casino gambling.
- noun The playing of games, especially video games.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Playing for stakes; gambling
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act or practice of playing games for stakes or wagers; gambling.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
game . - noun gambling The business of offering games of chance for money.
- noun gaming Playing a game with a video interface.
- noun Careful, strategic use of rules to achieve one's purposes, as one would use the rules of a game.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
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Examples
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What I want to see in gaming is real characters, in gaming its just stereotypes at the moment.
Women Audiences, Women Characters SVGL 2009
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My personal bet for the next wave of popularity in gaming is a brand of MMORPGs without the monotonous levelling-up process.
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The word gaming puts ‘foo-foo dust,’ as we used to say in the Army, on a business that bilks the poor and traps the unwary with ‘something for nothing.’
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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The word gaming puts ‘foo-foo dust,’ as we used to say in the Army, on a business that bilks the poor and traps the unwary with ‘something for nothing.’
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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The use of the word gaming is an attempt to make a serious business seem like fun.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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The use of the word gaming is an attempt to make a serious business seem like fun.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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The use of the word gaming is an attempt to make a serious business seem like fun.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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The use of the word gaming is an attempt to make a serious business seem like fun.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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The word gaming puts ‘foo-foo dust,’ as we used to say in the Army, on a business that bilks the poor and traps the unwary with ‘something for nothing.’
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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The word gaming puts ‘foo-foo dust,’ as we used to say in the Army, on a business that bilks the poor and traps the unwary with ‘something for nothing.’
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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